On the Kick: as someone above said, if the D6 is dull, you're ****ing up. That mic is instant scooped and bright kick sound. Try changing the position.
Snare: 57 is fine; adjust the angle. If you still can't get it bright enough, either add a bottom snare mic for some rattle/sizzle, or use a different snare. I mean, does the snare sound bright in the room? Also: hit it harder! Drums sound brighter when you hit em harder.
OHs - those mics should be OK. Maybe try treating the ceiling above the kit, and definitely double check the polarity of the mics. If things sound OK at first, but get worse as you raise the OH mics, that's a phase issue, and is easily corrected.
If you're doing very modern metal, you might wanna forgo a spaced pair and just close mic the cymbals (possibly in groups, since you only have two mics). Use the D6 as more of a trigger mic than the final sound (in other words, minimize bleed and maximize attack), and plan on layering in a snare along with what you already got.
Hope that helps! Good luck
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Originally Posted by Mixbuster  Hey guys.
R'lly hope that somebody can help me out on this.
When I record drums. "In a room which is 4m long, 2,5m wide, and 2.10 high"
Low end, I suppose.
I'm using: (Recording metal, rock, alternate rock etc.)
(Kick - Audix D6 (Sounds dull when recorded, tried everything. Only Eq helps))
(Snare - Sm57(Anyone else have the thought of this mic sounding dull on snares?) or Rode M1)
(Toms - Shure Pg56's)
(OH - Shure Pg 81)
I generally loose the punch of the cymbals. If I turn up the overheads my bassdrum and snare looses its definiton (Attack, bottom end, crisp etc.)
When I mix, the OH sounds washed away, no punch in cymbals or definition.
As said earlier, if I turn them up, the other drums is lacking of punch, clarity etc.
Any comments, thoughts? Tips?
Thanks
Mixbuster  |